Issue of 13th Jan-19th Jan 2025
LEAD ARTICLE
Wealth Creators Series 2014-24: Part 2 - Winning Sectors
We discussed the top-10 multi-bagger stocks of the past decade in the first part of the Wealth Creators series, released last week. If you missed it, click here to read it. In this part, we analyse the sectors and companies (by their size) that delivered the highest returns. Also, we will touch on the growth in revenues and profits and other... Read More
Sher Singh Yadav and
Pratibha Kamath
CROSSHAIRS
An article on Justworks.com begins with a powerful statement, “Work-life balance isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a critical factor in attracting, retaining, and inspiring top talent around the world.   Apparently, this does hold sway at Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Its chairman, SN Subrahmanyan,...
BUSINESS
Economy India’s retail inflation softened to a four-month low of 5.22% in December 2024, down from 5.5% in November, aided by a dip in food inflation from 9.04% to 8.4%. Despite this cooling, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may face constraints in cutting interest rates during its February...
Moneylife Digital Team
MARKET
Indian market sentiment has been affected by recent US employment data, which showed the unemployment rate dropping to 4.1% in December. This strong labour market performance has dampened expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts, leading to tighter global liquidity conditions. Foreign...
Moneylife Digital Team
STOCKS
Last week, the CNX SmallCap 100 index cracked by 7.3%. On Monday, it crashed a further 4%. The last time the index fell more than this was way back in December 2022 (8.33%). This serious decline comes after months of churning, with the index trying, but unable, to head higher. With the benefit...
IPO REVIEW
Stallion India Fluorochemicals Ltd (Stallion), a Mumbai-based company, is in the business of selling refrigerant and industrial gases, along with related products. Its primary business activities include de-bulking, blending and processing refrigerant and industrial gases, as well as selling...
Moneylife Digital Team
Laxmi Dental Ltd (Laxmi) claims to be India’s only end-to-end integrated dental products company. Its offerings include: custom-made crowns and bridges, branded dental products such as clear aligners, thermoforming sheets, and aligner-related products as part of aligner solutions, along with...
Moneylife Digital Team
MUTUAL FUNDS
In December 2024, Torrent Power and Reliance Industries were the most preferred stocks of Indian mutual funds. The net purchases of Torrent Power were Rs2,321 crore. Zomato and Samvardhana Motherson International were the most sold stocks. The net sales of Zomato were Rs4,172 crore and net...
Moneylife Digital Team
CONSUMER ISSUES
While dealing with any sudden incident, almost all government authorities in India come up with knee-jerk reactions. Most of the time, their response is not just vague but provides no solution to the incident or issue. Take, for example, the ban on some Chinese apps to 'teach' a lesson to that...
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